I smell like popcorn

debodun said:
Good thing I called ahead. The closest urgent care is only seeing really urgent. I didn't qualify - told to contact my PCP and see if she is having office hours.
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You've made my day, Deb! :)
 

peppermint said:
Deb, your are so funny.....
I use to like popcorn....Until I heard that someone died choking popcorn....I don't eat popcorn anymore....An I love it!!!! But I don't smell like popcorn...(I don't think I do)...

I don't like garlic.....UGH!!! I have to hold my nose when I have to use it for my hubby....

I don't know where I come from...with all these things I don't like....!!!!!!
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I just went and looked for popcorn as a choking hazard. Found out it was almost exclusively little kids. Wish I hadn't read that.

Regarding garlic: It has so many health benefits. It is actually a low-level antibiotic. The myth about garlic keeping away vampires started during one of the plagues (I forget which one.) Back then, no one knew what caused the plague, and they noticed that the garlic street vendors were keeling over less often than everyone else. They thought the garlic warded away evil spirits, but it was really because the vendors were munching their wares all day long, thereby keeping a constant level of antibiotic in their systems.
 
debodun said:
Good thing I called ahead. The closest urgent care is only seeing really urgent. I didn't qualify - told to contact my PCP and see if she is having office hours.
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To help get in sooner, don't be afraid to pad things up in your favour... I'm having really bad headaches, feeling dizzy, my weight is fluctuating regularly, my vision is blurry at times, I'm urinating often, and I can't drink enough fluids to quench my thirst, followed by, I think I have diabetes.
 

I think they could tell when I got there I was faking the exaggerated symptoms. Right now I am more concerned about contagion than diabeters. Our governor just announced New York will still be on lockdown until mid-June.
 
debodun said:
I think they could tell when I got there I was faking the exaggerated symptoms. Right now I am more concerned about contagion than diabeters. Our governor just announced New York will still be on lockdown until mid-June.
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I wouldn't give the idea behind padding up your symptoms a second thought, headaches, thirst, dizziness, urinating frequently... they all fall under a variety of generic health related woes/conditions, with none being specific and absolute related to diabetes, but at least it may help speed things along for you as to getting in and getting tested.

Pretty hard (if not impossible) to call someone out on any of the above.
 
debodun said:
I think they could tell when I got there I was faking the exaggerated symptoms. Right now I am more concerned about contagion than diabeters. Our governor just announced New York will still be on lockdown until mid-June.
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My doctor has hinted that if I make certain claims, Medicare might be more likely to cover things. But I don't want false maladies on my record. It just gets too complicated, and may put me at risk in the future. You're really better off not doing that if you can avoid it; otherwise, you have to explain to every future doctor which part of your record to ignore.

edit to add after reading Marg's comment: Those symptoms don't sound like they need to be padded...they are real.
 
debodun said:
I asked the doctor to do an A1C and he said "We don't do that test here." When I was diagnosed with NAFLD, I asked the gastro to do an LDH test. He didn't even know what that was. I told him "lactic dehydrogenase". He said that they use the SGOT and SGPT tests now. I have my mom's glucose machine and wanted to get test strips. I asked at the pharmacy and they said I needed a prescription for them and since I am not "officially" a diabetic, I couldn't get them.
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Your local Walmart has relatively inexpensive OTC diabetes testing supplies under the ReliOn brand name.

I buy them when I run out of the name brand supplies I normally get through my prescription plan.
 
In The Sticks said:
My doctor has hinted that if I make certain claims, Medicare might be more likely to cover things. But I don't want false maladies on my record. It just gets too complicated, and may put me at risk in the future. You're really better off not doing that if you can avoid it; otherwise, you have to explain to every future doctor which part of your record to ignore.

edit to add after reading Marg's comment: Those symptoms don't sound like they need to be padded...they are real.
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To heck with what the doctors think, it's not as if it's a faked injury a patient is waking in claiming.

Speaking for myself, no option would be off the table if it were to come down to expediting testing over a serious cause of concern.
 
debodun said:
I asked the doctor to do an A1C and he said "We don't do that test here." When I was diagnosed with NAFLD, I asked the gastro to do an LDH test. He didn't even know what that was. I told him "lactic dehydrogenase". He said that they use the SGOT and SGPT tests now. I have my mom's glucose machine and wanted to get test strips. I asked at the pharmacy and they said I needed a prescription for them and since I am not "officially" a diabetic, I couldn't get them.
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You can buy a Reli-On glucose meter, test strips and lancets for a total of about $20. Just do it and track your blood sugar.

You said 118 and 119 were your last fasting blood sugar readings and that that was "borderline." Around here, that's not borderline, that's high.
 
debodun said:
I asked the doctor to do an A1C and he said "We don't do that test here." When I was diagnosed with NAFLD, I asked the gastro to do an LDH test. He didn't even know what that was. I told him "lactic dehydrogenase". He said that they use the SGOT and SGPT tests now. I have my mom's glucose machine and wanted to get test strips. I asked at the pharmacy and they said I needed a prescription for them and since I am not "officially" a diabetic, I couldn't get them.
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The doctor didn't know what an LDH test was? What kind of a doctor was he?
 
Definitely, you should have an entire blood panel done for your own peace of mind. Fasting blood sugar, full cholesterol studies, liver and renal panels. A good internist will usually comply with these requests and take it from there. If you require a specialist, he will suggest one.
 
debodun said:
I just had my blood tested back in November. The last two years it's been "borderline" 119 & 118. Probably pre-diabetic. Not surprising - have it in both sides of the family. My paternal grandma was and almost everyone on my mother's side is or was.
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For around $50.00, you can buy a glucose meter & some test strips - no prescription needed. You can keep track of it at home for a few weeks when you wake up in the morning & a couple of hours after a meal. Then, if you see a doctor, you can show him the results & see what he says.

If the 119 & 118 are fasting results (no food for at least 8 hrs), that would be considered pre diabetic. Most doctors consider any fasting number from 100-124 pre diabetic, a fasting number over 125, diabetic. But if you're over 70 yrs old, you can probably manage it without treatment if you're careful about your diet (assuming it doesn't progress like mine did).
Today, many doctors realize that it's dangerous to try to lower "mild" diabetes numbers in elderly people due to the risk of lows, which are far more dangerous than slight elevations.
 
Butterfly said:
You can buy a Reli-On glucose meter, test strips and lancets for a total of about $20. Just do it and track your blood sugar.

You said 118 and 119 were your last fasting blood sugar readings and that that was "borderline." Around here, that's not borderline, that's high.
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Any doctor who considers that number "high" is playing to drug companies for perks & being more of a legalized drug pusher than a doctor. And there are many of them. In fact, before calling those numbers pre diabetic, several fasting tests are done because there are other factors that can cause slightly higher numbers in non diabetics. Same with blood pressure. Lowering the standard of what is considered "normal" means more patients on medication.
 
In The Sticks said:
I guess you know they have a "newish" test called A1C that provides a 90 day look-back at your actual levels, versus a one-time-shot at today's level.

I hate giving advice because I hate receiving it, but [a friend once told me that "Everything before the 'but' is bull$hit"] think about calling a walk-in clinic and having blood drawn. You are having symptoms, not "might bes." This is nothing to mess with. They'll fit you in. I went to one a few weeks ago to have blood drawn. Very few areas are overwhelmed with the virus, they just want to minimize having people cross paths with each other.

They're all open on weekends (hint hint.) You don't want to pass out at home.

Ask them if fasting is required...I don't believe that it is.
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It is for the A1C
 
At times we can get so used to a smell that it distorts over time and smells different than what others might smell. It’s happened to me before.
The comment wasn’t meant as an insult. The fact is that eating certain foods can have a direct impact on body odours . Being ( pre ) diabetic IS a metabolic health. disorder causing the same results regardless of numbers. Thyroid, liver and kidney malfunction / disorders, & trimethylaminuria can cause unusual odour also. Metabolic disorders become dysfunctional long before it’s diagnosed as a disorder.
 

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